The Moneylender of Toulouse: A Fools' Guild Mystery

by Alan Gordon

Overview

In 1204 A.D., Theophilos, jester and agent for the Fools' Guild, is sent to Toulouse with his jester wife, infant daughter and young apprentice with one simple mission – get the current Bishop to quietly retire so that the position can be filled with one more sympathetic to the Guild's goals. Arriving just before Christmas, they quickly learn that the Bishop is in some hot water with a man widely known as the local money lender. A man who, a day after pressing the Bishop particularly hard, is found floating face down in a tanner's vat.

Now, with time running out for him to accomplish their mission and thus protect the Guild, Theophilos has but one option left: find out what actually happened the night that the Moneylender of Toulouse ended up so spectacularly dead.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466843257
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/13/2008
Series:	Fools' Guild Mysteries , #7
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	468,293
File size:	340 KB

About the Author

Alan Gordon is the author of six previous novels in the Fools' Guild series. His short fiction and essays have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, and he has composed the libretto and lyrics for various musicals. He lives and works in New York City.

Alan Gordon is an attorney with the Legal Aid Society and the author of books including Jester Leaps In. He lives with his family in Queens, NY.

Editorial Reviews

A wicked sense of humor lifts Gordon's seventh Fools' Guild mystery (after 2007's The Lark's Lament).A The Fools' Guild, under threat by those in the church who oppose the organization, hopes to manipulate events so that one of its own can replace the bishop of Toulouse.A Soon after Theophilos, one of the guild's most trusted agents, and his family arrive in Toulouse in 1204 on this delicate but vital mission, the body of local moneylender Milon Borsella turns up in a tanner's pit, the day after Borsella argued violently with Bishop Raimon de Rabastens, the man Theophilos is plotting against.A When another murder occurs, Jordan, a local fool, is arrested.A Convinced that the crimes are connected to his mission in Toulouse, Theophilos and his capable, independent wife, Claudia, follow the clues to a logical and satisfying conclusion. Fans of Sharon Kay Penman's Justin de Quincy series will enjoy Gordon's blend of action, detection and convincing historical detail. (May)

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